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luster

LUS'TER, n. [L. lustrum, lustro to purify.]

1. Brightness; splendor; gloss; as the luster of the sun or stars; the luster of silk.

The sun's mild luster warms the vital air.

2. The splendor of birth, of deeds or of fame; renown; distinction.

His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great share of luster.

3. A sconce with lights; a branched candlestick of glass.

4. The space of five years. [L. lustrum.]



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LUS'TER, n. [L. lustrum, lustro to purify.]

1. Brightness; splendor; gloss; as the luster of the sun or stars; the luster of silk.

The sun's mild luster warms the vital air.

2. The splendor of birth, of deeds or of fame; renown; distinction.

His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great share of luster.

3. A sconce with lights; a branched candlestick of glass.

4. The space of five years. [L. lustrum.]

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Lust"er
  1. One who lusts.
  2. A period of five years; a lustrum.

    Both of us have closed the tenth luster. Bolingbroke.

  3. Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.

    The right mark and very true luster of the diamond. Sir T. More.

    The scorching sun was mounted high,
    In all its luster, to the noonday sky.     Addison.

    * There is a tendency to limit the use of luster, in this sense, to the brightness of things which do not shine with their own light, or at least do not blaze or glow with heat. One speaks of the luster of a diamond, or of silk, or even of the stars, but not often now of the luster of the sun, a coal of fire, or the like.

  4. To make lustrous.

    [R. & Poetic]

    Flooded and lustered with her loosened gold. Lowell.

  5. Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.

    His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great luster. Sir H. Wotton.

  6. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.

    Pope.
  7. The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.

    * The principal kinds of luster recognized are: metallic, adamantine, vitreous, resinous, greasy, pearly, and silky. With respect to intensity, luster is characterized as splendent, shining, glistening, glimmering, and dull.

  8. A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes.
  9. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.

    Luster ware, earthenware decorated by applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process of baking.

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Luster

LUS'TER, noun [Latin lustrum, lustro to purify.]

1. Brightness; splendor; gloss; as the luster of the sun or stars; the luster of silk.

The sun's mild luster warms the vital air.

2. The splendor of birth, of deeds or of fame; renown; distinction.

His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great share of luster

3. A sconce with lights; a branched candlestick of glass.

4. The space of five years. [Latin lustrum.]

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importance

IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete.]

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CHOKER, n. One that chokes another; one that puts another to silence; that which cannot be answered.

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